SRINAGAR: Indian National Congress on Saturday nominated Kashmir-based politician Ghulam Ahmad Mir as General Secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC) for Jharkhand with additional charge of West Bengal.
Taking to microblogging site ‘X’, Mir, wrote, “I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to our CPP Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi Ji, Congress President Mallikarjun @kharge Ji, and Shri @RahulGandhi Ji for reposing faith in me and appointing me as General Secretary of AICC.”
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to our CPP Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi Ji, Congress President Mallikarjun @kharge Ji and Shri @RahulGandhi Ji for reposing faith in me and appointing me as General Secretary of AICC. pic.twitter.com/j3wXXyOqq6
— Ghulam Ahmad Mir (@GAMIR_INC) December 23, 2023
In a related development, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been relieved from the post of AICC in-charge of UP Congress, while Sachin Pilot was appointed as in-charge of Chhattisgarh Congress. Ramesh Chennithala was appointed as AICC in-charge of Maharashtra.
Deepa Dasmunshi has been appointed as the General Secretary of the Kerala, Lakshadweep, with an additional charge of Telangana Congress.
Notably, Ghulam Ahmad Mir from Dooru Shahabad Anantnag was the President of the Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee from 2015 until he tendered his resignation from the post in July 2022. (GNS)
